immature
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Definition of immature
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(archaic)Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death).
“And thou also canst best account for the causes of her immature death […].”
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adj
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(archaic)Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death).
“And thou also canst best account for the causes of her immature death […].”
- Not fully formed or developed; not grown.
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Childish in behavior; juvenile.
“You're only young once, but you can be immature the rest of your life.”
“The man was immature for throwing a tantrum.”
“Wilhelm Stekel - As quoted in The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger. The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”
noun
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An immature member of a species.
“There are many genera and even families of Brachypylina for which immatures are not yet known, and thus numerous examples of adult convergence and misclassification remain to be revealed: such is the case with Hypozetes.”
“While on a walk the next morning I found what looked like a patch of old growth habitat - perhaps somewhere the fires had missed - and to my astonishment saw a female Red-lored Whistler accompanied by an immature.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle French immature. Partially displaced unripe, from Old English unrīpe (“unripe, immature”).
Words you can make from immature
147 playable · top: MARMITE (11 pts)
Best play marmite 11 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
10 words5-letter words
24 words4-letter words
43 words- IMAM 8 pts
- MAIM 8 pts
- MIME 8 pts
- UMMA 8 pts
- AMIE 6 pts
- AMIR 6 pts
- ARUM 6 pts
- EMIR 6 pts
- EMIT 6 pts
- ITEM 6 pts
- MAIR 6 pts
- MARE 6 pts
- MART 6 pts
- MATE 6 pts
- MAUT 6 pts
- MEAT 6 pts
- META 6 pts
- MIRE 6 pts
- MITE 6 pts
- MURA 6 pts
- MURE 6 pts
- MUTE 6 pts
- RAMI 6 pts
- REAM 6 pts
- RIME 6 pts
- TAME 6 pts
- TEAM 6 pts
- TERM 6 pts
- TIME 6 pts
- TRAM 6 pts
- TREM 6 pts
- TRIM 6 pts
- AIRT 4 pts
- ARIE 4 pts
- ETUI 4 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TRUE 4 pts
- UREA 4 pts
3-letter words
48 words- MAM 7 pts
- MEM 7 pts
- MIM 7 pts
- MUM 7 pts
- UMM 7 pts
- AIM 5 pts
- AMI 5 pts
- AMU 5 pts
- ARM 5 pts
- EMU 5 pts
- MAE 5 pts
- MAR 5 pts
- MAT 5 pts
- MET 5 pts
- MIR 5 pts
- MUT 5 pts
- RAM 5 pts
- REM 5 pts
- RIM 5 pts
- RUM 5 pts
- TAM 5 pts
- TUM 5 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUT 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TAU 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TUI 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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